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package org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.io;

import org.apache.hadoop.hive.serde2.SerDeStats;

/**
 * If a file format internally gathers statistics (like ORC) then it can expose
 * the statistics through this interface. Reader side statistics are useful for
 * updating the metastore with table/partition level statistics using analyze
 * command.
 * StatsProvidingRecordReader.
 */
public interface StatsProvidingRecordReader {

  /**
   * Returns the statistics information
   * @return SerDeStats
   */
  SerDeStats getStats();
}
